Apple Grove, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Letart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45771. It stands on Johns Run. The Survey maps it on the Ravenswood quadrangle. It stands 1,969 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
19 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
22 since 1993The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Apple Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 3126 ARCHERY CLUB RD. |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BRINKER |
| 27 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BRINKER HOLLOW |
| 2 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15093 |
| 9 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MILLWOOD |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CROOKED RUN |
| 28 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | FLATWOODS RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 221 shownMuseums hold 221 specimens collected within 10 miles of Apple Grove between 1883 and 1972: 161 Animalia, 37 Fungi, 20 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Balser, G., Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée | 1945 | Cooke, V. | Ravenswood |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Leptostroma quercinum Lasch | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
| Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Stegophora ulmea (Fr.) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Rostr. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Opheodrys aestivus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1885 | not recorded | Ripley Landing |
![]() | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae (Schwein.) Swingle | 1905 | Post, A. L. | Millwood |
| Alternaria solani Sorauer | 1905 | Post A. Lee | Millwood |
All 221 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Apple Grove: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenswood Aluminum Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Apple Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Apple Grove Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Letart Falls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Letart Falls Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Letart | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ulric | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Plants | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Letart Falls | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Saxon | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Antiquity | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Condeville | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Great Bend | 5.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Apple Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4781166 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060825. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.




























